m r ʾ
20 lemmas · 7 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.T Gen.41.4
Themes:lord·5master·3name· اِسْم · שֵׁם·3ruler· حَاكِم · מוֹשֵׁל·2metaphysics·2
POS shape:noun·10name·6verb·2adj·1adv·1
This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*m-r-ʾProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewמַרמ ר א— Mister (a title of respect for a man, preceding his surname in Modern Hebrew)
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicמראמ ר א— lord, master, ruler
Syriacܡܪܐܡ ܪ ܐ— shovel, spade, hoe, mattock
Assyrian NAܡܵܪܝܵܐܡ ܪ ܐ— Lord; the Christian concept of God and Jesus
Arabic
Arabicاِمْرُؤم ر ء— person, human being, "one"
South Semitic
Old South Arabian
OSA𐩣𐩧𐩱𐩣 𐩧 𐩱— lord
Ethio-Semitic
Tigrinyaመርዓዊמ ר ء— bridegroom
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Old South Arabian
irregular reflexosa · 1 lemma- lord
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 2 lemmas- lord, master, ruler
- to imitate, to emulate
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- shovel, spade, hoe, mattockFrom Akkadian 𒄑𒈥 (marru [^(GEŠ)MAR]). Compare Arabic مَرّ (marr) and Ancient Greek μάρρον (márrhon).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 6 lemmas- Lord; the Christian concept of God and JesusInherited from Aramaic מָרְיָא (māryā), from Proto-Semitic *māriʔ- reinterpreted as ܡܵܪ (mār, “lord of”) + ܝܵܐ (yā, “Jah”) now used only for the Lord God (ie. the Tetragrammaton). Displaced in its original sense by the newer form ܡܵܪܵܐ (mārā); cognate to Arabic اِمْرُؤ (imruʔ, “human being; man”), اِمْرَأَة (imraʔa,…
- lady, mistressInherited from Aramaic מָּרתָּא (mārtā), feminine form of ܡܵܪܵܐ (mārā).
- MarthaInherited from Aramaic מָּרתָּא (mārtā), feminine form of ܡܵܪܵܐ (mārā).
- of or belonging to a lord or masterFrom ܡܵܪܵܐ (mārā, “lord, master, owner”) + -ܢܝܐ (-ānāyā, the intensitive attributive adjective ending).
▸ 2 derivations
- derivedܡܵܪܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂mārānāˀīṯ
- derivedܡܵܪܵܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐmārānāyūṯā
- lord, master, rulerOriginally a variant based on the short absolute state of ܡܵܪܝܵܐ (māryā) which is used only for the Lord God (ie. the Tetragrammaton); compare Hebrew מַר (mar), and also borrowed into Arabic مَار (mār), Old Armenian մար (mar), and Malayalam മാർ (māṟ).
▸ 8 derivations
- derivedܝܵܐ ܡܵܪܝܼ!yā mārī!
- derivedܡܵܪmār
- derivedܡܵܪܝmār
- derivedܡܵܪܲܢmāran
- derivedܡܵܪܵܐ ܕܒܲܝܬܵܐmārā dbaytā
- derivedܡܵܪܵܢܘܼܬܵܐmārānūtā
- derivedܡܵܪܵܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂mārānāˀīṯ
- derivedܡܵܪܵܢܵܝܵܐmārānāyā
- a male given name, MarelFrom ܡܵܪ (mār, “lord of”) + ܐܹܝܠ (ēl, “God”), literally “lord of God”
Hebrew
he · 4 lemmas- Mister (a title of respect for a man, preceding his surname in Modern Hebrew)From Aramaic מרא (maraʾ); compare Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ (mārā). Perhaps reinforced by English Mr.
- A takeoff, a departure (of an aircraft).Action noun of the verb הִמְרִיא (himrí), from the root מ־ר־א (m-r-').
- take off
- a female given name, equivalent to English MaraFrom מַר (mar, “bitter”).
Arabic
ar · 5 lemmas- person, human being, "one"
- againLiterally, “another time”.
- metaphysics
- Transoxiana, "beyond the river" (an old name for the land in Central Asia north of the Amu Darya River).
- metaphysics
Tigrinya
ti · 1 lemma- bridegroom